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Your Daily Guide to St. Louis Arts & Entertainment

March 2011

	Gold Motel comes to St. Louis with the sounds of summer They’re DIY, but they aren’t punk rock. Their songs are in Italian commercials, but they haven’t released anything in Europe. And they’re from Chicago—but don’t hold that against them. By Rosalind Early
	Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Win Independent Music Award for "Riverboat Soul" The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards has named Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three's "Riverboat Soul," as the winner of its Americana category. by Stefene Russell
"The Clan of the Cave Bear" Author Visits St. Louis April 4 Jean Auel will be at the library reading from "The Land of Painted Caves," her sixth and final book in the "Earth's Children," series. by Dee Ryan
	Wish You Were Here: "Venus Envy: Venus Rising" If you let the snow keep you inside this weekend, you missed several premiere St. Louis events, including "Venus Envy: Venus Rising." By Rosalind Early
	Review: The Pale King David Foster Wallace's final novel moves, as he had always hoped, beyond metafiction. by Kyle Beachy
Review: I Saw The Devil This ultra-violent Korean horror film is far more than genre cinema; it surprises with subtle plot twists, artful cinematography and some great performances. by Patricia Brooke
	Pavlov's Dog Still Has Some Bite Pavlov’s Dog is back again, news that will have prog rock fans in some quarters drooling like…well, like the real Pavlov’s Dog. by Daniel Durchholz
	Review: "Beehive: The 60's Musical" at The Rep The Rep's Beehive is all color with no substance. By Rosalind Early
	Review: "The Real McCoy" at the Black Rep The cast puts in great performances—but the script could use a good editor. By Rosalind Early
	You Must Believe in Spring: "Jazz at Holmes" pays Tribute to Bill Evans Jazz pianist Kara Baldus Vandiver loves Bill Evans’ music as much as I do, but she can actually play it—and play it she will, at a free Jazz at Holmes concert at Washington University, the evening of April 7. by Byron Kerman
	Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks A look at Rebecca Skloot's groundbreaking book, in anticipation of her visit to the Missouri History Museum on Wednesday, March 23. by Dee Ryan
	Band of Letters: R.E.M.'s "Collapse Into Now" These days, R.E.M. are anything but simple. The songs on "Collapse into Now" are busily produced, with shifting, twisting rhythms; but they still flaunt R.E.M.’s beating-around-the-bush catchiness; and on this album the combo is in full-personality gear. by Jordan Oakes
	American City: St. Louis Architecture, Three Centuries of Classic Design Writer Robert Sharoff and photographer William Zbaren spent the summer of 2007 living in St. Louis as intrepid documentarians, urban archeologists and ersatz artists in residence. The result is a lush coffeetable book that shows off the city as a beautiful, 250-year-old work-in-progress. by Brian Newman
Kayak at the Confluence Honors Legendary Bay Area Lit Mag Publisher, George Hitchcock Though Hitchcock was a prominent figure in the Bay Area poetry scene of the 1960s, the largest national tribute to him takes place in St. Louis this weekend, and poets and writers around the country are flying in for it. by Stefene Russell
	Just the Facts, Ma'am: The St. Louis Science Center, Darwin, and Climate Change The St. Louis Science Center doesn’t court controversy, but as a couple of recent temporary exhibitions in the building attest, they don’t avoid it, either. by Byron Kerman
	Hey, Kids! Next Week is Hell Week Printmaker Tom Huck's Hell Week, six days of "bad-ass alternative evening printertainment," kicks off on Monday; the Southern Graphics Council's conference, which includes art openings and parties all over the city, starts on Wednesday, runs through Saturday, with a huge even up and down Cherokee on Friday. by Stefene Russell
	Settling Scores: A Short History of Music in Film Now that the red carpet is rolled up like a map that had only one route, and movie people have come down from their Oscar high, it seems a good moment to examine an ego-free component of filmmaking: the music. by Jordan Oakes
Arts News for Wednesday, March 9 HerStory Weekend, a plethora of printmaking events, and this week's St. Louis Independent Bookstore Bestseller List. by Stefene Russell
	When Merle Met Branson Merle Haggard returns to Missouri to play the Fox on Wednesday...despite the deep psychic wounds inflicted by his time in Branson, which he claims was worse than San Quentin. By Daniel Durchholz
	Hothouse Powers: The Climatron 50 Book Enchants In honor of today's 50 degree temperatures, which has surely triggered some trips to the Botanical Garden, we take a look at a book honoring the Climatron's 50th birthday. by Buckminster Kerman
	He’s Broke, But It’s Okay: Charlie Chaplin’s Features at the Webster Film Series Throughout March, the Webster Film Series will be offering a refresher course in Chaplin’s profound and diverse talents with screenings of eight of his most celebrated self-directed feature films, spanning more than three decades by Andrew Wyatt
	How to Face the Music Realizing that all the performing arts share common goals, the New Jewish Theatre is expanding its offerings to include an exciting and innovative new chamber music series. by Gary Scott
	Go to the Mardi Gras? To take or not to take Professor Longhair's advice? That is the question. By Stefene Russell
	Arts Datebook: Week of February 28 A cupcake wagon at the Contemporary, a live broadcast of the Bolshoi Ballet at Galaxy 14 Cine, and Ragtime at the Scott Joplin House. By Stefene Russell

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